Design of off-axis PIAACMC mirrors

Eugene Pluzhnik; Olivier Guyon; Ruslan Belikov; Eduardo Bendek

doi:10.1117/12.2188602

16 September 2015 Design of off-axis PIAACMC mirrors

Eugene Pluzhnik, Olivier Guyon, Ruslan Belikov, Eduardo Bendek

Proceedings Volume 9605, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VII; 960522 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188602
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization Complex Mask Coronagraph (PIAACMC) provides an efficient way to control diffraction propagation effects caused by the central obstruction/segmented mirrors of the telescope. PIAACMC can be optimized in a way that takes into account both chromatic diffraction effects caused by the telescope obstructed aperture and tip/tilt sensitivity of the coronagraph. As a result, unlike classic PIAA, the PIAACMC mirror shapes are often slightly asymmetric even for an on-axis configuration and require more care in calculating off-axis shapes when an off-axis configuration is preferred. A method to design off-axis PIAA mirror shapes given an on-axis mirror design is presented. The algorithm is based on geometrical ray tracing and is able to calculate off-axis PIAA mirror shapes for an arbitrary geometry of the input and output beams. The method is demonstrated using the third generation PIAACMC design for WFIRST-AFTA telescope. Geometrical optics design issues related to the off-axis diffraction propagation effects are also discussed.

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Eugene Pluzhnik, Olivier Guyon, Ruslan Belikov, and Eduardo Bendek "Design of off-axis PIAACMC mirrors", Proc. SPIE 9605, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VII, 960522 (16 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188602

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